Last year 4- 2011 I scratchbuilt the Kawanishi H8K2 Japanese "Emily". (Click my Avatar to find it) in My Blog. It was a 3 month project with plenty of interest..
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This year, 2-2012, I have started the new build of the early version of the Martin Mars that had the twin rudder. I have the fuselage framing started. I am basing the model on Ivan Pettigrews plans.

The model will not be true scale as there are modifications on the plans that are not exact. I am going to divert from the plans some to use a mix of Depron foam and spruce wood and balsa also I am first going to upload some pictures and drawings and maybe some notes of this version Mars.

I started building in April-01-11. It is 2 months into the build here. The motors ar Hextronic DT-700 and 750's. The battery is a Turnigy 5K mah 40-50C 14.8volts. The motors produce under 1k watts and 69 Amps of power use. The props are APC 4 blade 10x6 pitch.The plane is at 16.5lbs. The wing is 100 inches. Fuselage is 78 inches. See the build log here: Totally built in 3 months time.http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1417974

I updated 8-8-11 to 4 newer motors that were installed doubling the thrust for the Maiden flight. A lot of bang for the buck.http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...idProduct=5113
Drop buy and see the plane being build to the maiden flight. Leave a comment if you wish.

This was an older Cub model I rejuvinated as an E-power model. It has a neat unique style of a plugin motor and battery nose module. I also made the setup for sea and land flights. Have a look at this setup. It would be very good for short nose and radial motor WWI and WWII planes with every other plane in between also.

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The plane has all the bugs out from the maiden now and it flies very scale like now. It is so pretty in flight. Very realistic look flying.
Here are the links to the Albatross. This one has all the info and the start all the way to the finish. This is in the middle of this thread.http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showt...=554256&page=6

I posted videos over the past few years here as I built homebuilts and some manufactured kits. I also like to do home builts just to keep busy. Many of them are posted and are all mixed in. There may be some notes under the video about the plane in question there. Have a look as it may be entertaining. I do not fly 3D flights so if you are into hovering you probably won't be interested in viewing these. Enjoy some or all.
Bob Pacheco